Two Inmates Make Daring Escape From Quebec Jail In Helicopter

They climbed a rope to a waiting helicopter, but were later recaptured.

Yves Galarneau, the correctional services manager who oversees the Saint-Jerome jail, said he’d never seen anything like the dramatic escape in more than three decades on the job.

Galarneau said there are no security measures in place at the jail to prevent a helicopter from swooping down from above.

“As far as I know, it’s a first in Quebec,” he told reporters at the scene. “It’s exceptional.”

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.